Canada will adopt IHRA definition of anti-Semitism
By Marcy Oster (JTA) — The Canadian government will adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism. Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism Pablo…
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Canada’s MMIWG report spurs debate on the shifting definitions of genocide
by Andrew Woolford, University of Manitoba When the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls released its final report, it described the…
Federal election dispute over Jewish holidays heading to court
TORONTO – A candidate in the upcoming federal election and another member of the Jewish community are asking the Federal Court to shift the election date…
Why some American Jews pay more than $20,000 to get buried in Israel
by Josefin Dolsten NEW YORK (JTA) — Within hours of his mother’s funeral, Rabbi Abba Cohen was driving from Baltimore to New York’s John F….
Court Grants B’nai Brith Canada Intervener Status in Israeli Wines Case
TORONTO May 14, 2019 – The League for Human Rights, B’nai Brith Canada’s advocacy arm, has been granted intervener status in an upcoming court case…